Sharell Jarvis
Washington,DC
Summary
Experienced digital communication and organizer skills with strong commitment to racial, restorative justice, and community organizing for systemic change. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Communication and Digital Specialist
Harriet's Wildest Dream
09.2023 - Current
- Conceiving and producing internal and external communication materials and publications.
- Writing compelling emails and web copy for fundraising, engagement and advocacy campaigns.
- Assisting with marketing strategy development to increase public awareness and community engagement.
- Serving as point person to field media request and draft all press correspondence, including press releases, press kits and pitches.
- Supporting organizational spokesperson; develop staff talking points and messaging themes.
- Coordinating rapid response to address local or national crisis.
- Developing digital outreach materials such as a weekly newsletter, broadcast text and social media to increase engagement.
- Track and capture data analytics; managing content and data from digital tools such as Soapboxx, Impactive, ActionNetwork, EveryAction, and Facebook.
- Documenting stories and milestones for organization and contribute to special projects.
Community and Digital Organizer Apprenticeship
Voice Buffalo
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Coordinated community activities with staff and multiple campaign teams.
- Conveyed clear information and ideas both verbally and in writing across audiences.
- Liaised with political organizations and initiatives to confirm consideration of community best interests within campaigns and political agendas.
- Helped identify, manage and build strategic alliances to advance organizational campaigns.
- Assisted partner organizations to develop strategies for building partnerships and coalitions to enhance their power and achieve their goals.
- Organized and helped develop non-partisan candidate forum for Buffalo's Common Council primary election
- Organized and helped implement Anti-Gun Violence walk
Digital Organizer
Smart As A Fox
10.2021 - Current
- Helping implement digital strategies across C3, C4, and PAC contexts including issue-based campaigns, accountability for elected officials and helping to elect progressive candidates.
- Utilizing personalized messaging techniques to engage with individuals and drive participation in various campaigns.
- Utilizing P2P texting platforms like SPOKE to text SMS and MMS messages to large groups of people, encouraging contact interaction, and building campaign awareness.
- Leveraging peer-to-peer texting platforms to facilitate seamless communication and foster meaningful connections.
Community Organizer
DC Mutual Aid Network/ Ward 5 Mutual Aid
03.2020 - Current
- Coordinating and implementing numerous meetings, forums and community events.
- Leading staff development meetings to organize volunteers and members toward unified goals.
- Fostering collaborative efforts to schedule, host, and facilitate events and identify further opportunities to reach members of community.
- Boosting reach by creating digital content, managing scheduling, maintaining social media accounts and reporting analytics to measure engagement.
- Responding to inquiries and engaging with followers to build community and support customer engagement.
- Planning and implemented fundraising events; developing strategies to maximize donations and meeting fundraising goals.
Sales and Marketing Associate
Bozzuto Management Company
10.2013 - 01.2018
- Implemented marketing strategies to generate leads and increase sales revenue.
- Created and maintained customer databases to facilitate customer segmentation.
- Provided support to marketing initiatives by producing creative content and copywriting.
- Researched competitor marketing trends and prices using data analysis.
- Monitored and reported on sales performance metrics to inform decision making.
- Contributed to event marketing, sales and brand promotion.
- Increased brand awareness and followers through comprehensive social media campaign management.
- Optimized social media content for maximum engagement and reach.
- Moderated social media accounts for constructive, brand-appropriate communications.
Education
Some College (No Degree) -
Howard University
Washington, DCSkills
- Administering Social Media Accounts: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, TikTok, Tumblr
- Digital Content Development
- Microsoft Office Suite & G-Suite
- Digital Tools: Every Action, Impactive, TargetedEmail, OnlineActions, Canva, SMS broadcast, peer-to-peer text email
- Donor Engagement
- Project Management
Timeline
Communication and Digital Specialist
Harriet's Wildest Dream
09.2023 - Current
Community and Digital Organizer Apprenticeship
Voice Buffalo
06.2023 - 08.2023
Digital Organizer
Smart As A Fox
10.2021 - Current
Community Organizer
DC Mutual Aid Network/ Ward 5 Mutual Aid
03.2020 - Current
Sales and Marketing Associate
Bozzuto Management Company
10.2013 - 01.2018
Some College (No Degree) -
Howard University